Day History: October-11

Events History

1142-A Treaty of Shaoxing|peace treaty-between the Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars.

1531-Huldrych Zwingli-is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.

1582-Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar-this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

1614-Adriaen Block-and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General of the Netherlands|States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.

1634-The Burchardi flood-– "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.

1649-Sack of Wexford-After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Catholic Confederation|Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

1727-George II of Great Britain|George II-and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain.

1811-Inventor John Stevens (inventor)|John Stevens-boat, the ''Juliana'', begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).

1833-A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires-forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.

1852-The University of Sydney-Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

1862-American Civil War-In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate States of America|Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.

1865-Paul Bogle-led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

1890-In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution-is founded.

1899-Second Boer War-begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the South African Republic|Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.

1899-The Western League (U.S. baseball)|Western League-is renamed the American League.

1906-San Francisco-public school board sparks a Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907|diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.

1910-Former President Theodore Roosevelt-becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.

1912-First Balkan War-The Hellenic Army|Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.

1972-USS Kitty Hawk riot|A race riot-occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)|''Kitty Hawk'' off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.

1975-The NBC-sketch comedy/variety show ''Saturday Night Live'' debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.

1976-George Washington-s appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution s:Public Law 94-479|Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.

1982-The ''Mary Rose-', a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.

1984-Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger''-astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

1986-Cold War-U.S. President Ronald Reagan and USSR|Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Reykjavík Summit|meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.

1987-Start of Operation Pawan-by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil people|Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers.